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After 54 Years, Confederate Flag Removed from South Carolina Statehouse

July 10, 2015 Staff 0

JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Confederate flag was lowered from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse to the cheers of thousands on Friday, ending its 54-year […]

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SC Senate Votes to Take Down Flag; House OK Still Needed

July 6, 2015 Staff 0

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Senate has voted  to remove the Confederate flag from a pole on the Statehouse grounds, though the proposal still needs approval from the state House and the governor. The bill requires […]

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For Black Homeowners, Great Recession has not Receded

July 3, 2015 Staff 0

By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Most economists agree that the Great Recession, sparked by the housing market crash, officially ended in 2009, but the fallout from the crisis will continue to […]

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President Obama Speaks, Sings of ‘Amazing Grace’ in Memory of Rev. Pinckney

July 3, 2015 Staff 0

by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “His sacrifice must lead to reconciliation,” said U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC). Rev. Clementa Pinckney paid the ultimate price when a stranger was […]

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Maryland Moves To End Confederate Flag Plates

July 3, 2015 Staff 0

By Kelly-Ann Brown Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings – Blake and several state legislators are calling for the removal of the confederate flag on Maryland license […]

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Support Grows for Taking Down Confederate Flag

June 25, 2015 Staff 0

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In what is quickly and unexpectedly gaining ground as a fitting memorial to the nine African Americans killed by a White supremacist at Emanuel A.M.E. Church […]

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Burned NC Church May be Investigated as Hate Crime

June 25, 2015 Staff 0

MEGHAN KENEALLY Digital Reporter Police are investigating whether a fire at a predominantly Black church in North Carolina is a hate crime, authorities have said. A blaze was reported at the Briar Creek Road Baptist […]

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Rachel Dolezal Resigns from NAACP Chapter Over Race Passing ‘storm’

June 15, 2015 Staff 0

THE GUARDIAN – Rachel Dolezal, the civil-rights leader in the middle of a firestorm over accusations that she has been misrepresenting herself as black, has resigned unapologetically from her post at the National Association for […]

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Texas Officer on Leave Resigns Over Shocking Pool Party Response

June 15, 2015 Staff 0

McKinney, TX – A police officer’s response to a neighborhood “disturbance” last weekend was so much more disturbing that he was given administrative leave. The unnamed cop from the McKinney, Texas police department was one […]

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Man Who Spent Three Years Incarcerated Without Trial at 16 Commits Suicide

June 15, 2015 Staff 0

Kalief Browder, the young man who was robbed of his youth after spending three years incarcerated at Riker’s Island without being convicted of a crime, is dead of apparent suicide, the New Yorker reports. He […]

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